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- Title
Kwashiorkor: an electron histochemical study of the hair shaft.
- Authors
Gummer, C. L.; Dawber, R. P. R.; Harman, R. R. M.; King, Isobel S.
- Abstract
Previous studies on hair in kwashiorkor have been equivocal regarding the normal or abnormal incorporation of amino acids into the hair shaft. In this study we have applied a sensitive electron histochemical technique to transverse sections of scalp hair from children with severe kwashiorkor in order to study its ultrastructure and the incorporation of sulphur-containing amino acids (cystine). We have found no evidence to support the idea that a protein deficient diet in the weaning or post-weaning period directly affects the distribution and relative amounts of sulphur-containing amino acids in the hair shaft in this disease.
- Subjects
KWASHIORKOR; MALNUTRITION in children; AMINO acids; PROTEIN deficiency; DISEASES; SCALP; HAIR diseases; JUVENILE diseases; DEFICIENCY diseases
- Publication
British Journal of Dermatology, 1982, Vol 106, Issue 4, p407
- ISSN
0007-0963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2133.1982.tb04532.x